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Major hydrological basins of the world
This dataset was obtained by delineating drainage basin boundaries from hydrologically corrected elevation data (HydroSHEDS and Hydro1K). Input data resolution is 15 arc-seconds between 60 N and 60... -
Hydrological basins of the world
This dataset represents the world's major hydrological basins and respective sub-basins according to its hydrological characteristics. Source: WWF HydroSHEDS and Hydro1K More information on... -
Percentage of irrigated area serviced by groundwater (Global)
This map, compiled to support the analysis of SOLAW report concerning trends and current use of water use in agriculture, shows the percentage of irrigated area supplied by groundwater. Irrigation... -
Irrigation areas v.5 (Global - 5 arc/min)
Global Map of Irrigation Areas - Version 5 Grid with percentage of area equipped for irrigation with a spatial resolution of 5 arc minutes or 0.083333 decimal degrees. This dataset is developed in... -
Inland water bodies in Africa
Shapefile of inland water bodies in Africa. This dataset originates from the Digital Chart of the World 1:1000000, 1998. The waterbodies for Africa have been characterized (as lake, lagoon,... -
Hydrological Basins of the World Code list
Code lists for major hydrological basins and respective sub-basins. The original data was obtained by delineating drainage basin boundaries from hydrologically corrected elevation data (WWF... -
Hydrological basins in Africa
This dataset divides the African continent in major hydrological basins and their sub-basins according to its hydrological characteristics. It was obtained by delineating drainage basin boundaries... -
Distribution of physical water scarcity by major hydrological basin (Global)
This map provides a representation of levels of water scarcity by major hydrological basin, expressed in terms of the ratio between irrigation water that is consumed by plants through... -
Rivers of Africa
The rivers of Africa dataset is derived from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) HydroSHEDS drainage direction layer and a stream network layer. The source of the drainage direction layer was the... -
Rivers of South America
The rivers of South America are derived from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) HydroSHEDS drainage direction layer and a stream network layer.The drainage direction layer was created from... -
Rivers of North America
The rivers of North America dataset is derived from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) HydroSHEDS drainage direction layer and a stream network layer. The source of the drainage direction layer... -
Rivers of South and East Asia
The rivers of South and East Asia dataset is derived from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) HydroSHEDS drainage direction layer and a stream network layer. The source of the drainage direction... -
Rivers of Europe
The rivers of Europe dataset is derived from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) HydroSHEDS drainage direction layer and a stream network layer. The source of the drainage direction layer was the... -
Rivers of Central America
The rivers of Central America dataset is derived from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) HydroSHEDS drainage direction layer and a stream network layer. The source of the drainage direction layer... -
Rivers of Australia and New Zealand
The rivers of Australia and New Zealand dataset is derived from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) HydroSHEDS drainage direction layer and a stream network layer. The source of the drainage... -
Major rivers of the world
This dataset is derived from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) HydroSHEDS drainage direction layer and a stream network layer. The source of the drainage direction layer was the 15-second Digital... -
Rivers of the Near East
The rivers of the Near East dataset is derived from the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) HydroSHEDS drainage direction layer and a stream network layer. The source of the drainage direction layer... -
Proportion of land salinized due to irrigation (Global)
This map represents the spatial distribution of land under irrigation which is affected by some degree of salinization. It was produced by combining FAO AQUASTAT country statistics regarding... -
Percentage of area equipped for irrigation (Global)
This map shows the extent of land area equipped for irrigation -expressed as percentage- around the turn of the 20th century according to the Global Map of Irrigation Areas (version 4.0.1),... -
GlobWat: a global water balance model to assess water use in irrigated agriculture
GlobWat uses spatially distributed input layers consisting of monthly precipitation, number of wet days per month, coefficient of variation of precipitation, monthly reference evapotranspiration,...
